Jenny Zielinski is an American journalist who works in the NY office of a magazine called NewYork24seven and Rob Walker is a British journalist who works in London for the same magazine, but who is now in New York for a month.
If you want to remember more about them, ... do activities b) and c) from your book.
Remember from Básico 1 how to check in:
2. CALLING RECEPTION
Types of Accommodations:
hostel
(also called youth hostel) inexpensive, supervised place to live (especially for youn travelers)
guesthouse
a private home offering accommodation (especially to travellers)
bed and breakfast
overnight accomodation and breakfast
inn
a small hotel
hotel
a building that offers a temporary place to stay for travelers
resort
a place with facilities for vacationers
Basic ecquipment:
Possible problem:
breakfast
· The coffee is cold.
· I didn't order a salad.
chair(s)
The chair is broken.
curtains
The curtain is broken.
hot water
There isn't hot water.
pillow(s)
I don't have a pillow.
remote control
The remote control doesn't work.
sheet(s)
The sheets are dirty.
TV
The TV doesn't work.
towel(s)
· The towels are dirty.
· I need an extra towel.
window
· I don't have a good view.
· I don't have a view to the sea.
Some amenities:
check in
check out
to pay the bill and depart (especially from a hotel)
room rates
a tax imposed on the hotel room by a local authority
queen-size bed / queen sized bed
larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size (usually 152cm wide and 203cm long)
king-size bed / king sized bed
extra large bed (usually 193-198cm wide and 203-213 long)
sitting area
a place or space to sit and rest
connecting room
to link or connect two rooms
kitchen
a room or place equipped for cooking or preparing food, washing dishes, and the like.
microwave
cable TV
a TV with a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity
handicapped facilities
something designed, built, or installed to provide a specific convenience or service for physically disabled people
hot tub
a wooden tub, usually big enough to hold several people, filled with hot water and often equipped with a whirlpool (=water that spins).
indoor heated pool
a pool with warm water situated in, or inside the hotel
outdoor heated pool
a pool with warm water situated out of the hotel
restaurant
a place of business where meals are served.
continental breakfast
a light breakfast served in hotels (usually coffee and rolls)
Practise this situation at home:
From now on, besides the vocabulary, try to include all the verb tenses you have learnt before in the dialogues you practise (look at these examples):
Present Simple
There aren't any towels.
Present Continuous
It's too cold in my room. I'm freezing.
Possible problems or things you may say in your dialogue (they are just ideas, so they are not in order):
QUESTIONS:
STATEMENTS:
Could you help me with my suitcase?
The lift doesn’t work.
Could you tell me the way to the swimming pool?
I’ve lost my key.
Have you got a map?
I’d like to change my room. It’s too noisy.
Could you call me up at seven o’clock
tomorrow morning?
The phone in my room doesn’t work.
Could you call me a taxi to take me to
the airport?
There isn’t any hot water.
Could I have a sandwich for room 207?
A single room with a bath (not a shower), please.
Where is the gym?
There aren’t any towels.
Where’s the lift?
There’s water everywhere.
Where’s the restaurant?
The lights went out.
I need to see a doctor.
The TV doesn’t work.
I spilt some juice on the bed sheets
I can’t open the window.
Remember that you learnt vocabulary food last year in Básico 1 - Unit 9A - FOOD
Good manners at a hotel (calling reception from your room):
Hotel Rooms. Pre-Listening Exercises. Listening Exercises. Vocabulary. Post-Listening Exercises
"In this conversation, a man checks into a hotel, but he is surprised by the service - or lack of it"
Listening & Reading. Hotel. John has gone to his hotel in Kings Cross. He checks in at reception and then goes upstairs to his room. He meets his new room mate Peter, who says there is a problem with the heating. John rings reception to ask that it is fixed.
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
Do you remember Jenny and Rob from Básico 1?
Jenny Zielinski is an American journalist who works in the NY office of a magazine called NewYork24seven and Rob Walker is a British journalist who works in London for the same magazine, but who is now in New York for a month.
If you want to remember more about them, ... do activities b) and c) from your book.
Remember from Básico 1 how to check in:
2. CALLING RECEPTION
Types of Accommodations:
Basic ecquipment:
· I didn't order a salad.
· I need an extra towel.
· I don't have a view to the sea.
Some amenities:
physically disabled people
Practise this situation at home:
From now on, besides the vocabulary, try to include all the verb tenses you have learnt before in the dialogues you practise (look at these examples):
Possible problems or things you may say in your dialogue (they are just ideas, so they are not in order):
tomorrow morning?
the airport?
Remember that you learnt vocabulary food last year in Básico 1 - Unit 9A - FOOD
Good manners at a hotel (calling reception from your room):
Hotels
"In this conversation, a man checks into a hotel, but he is surprised by the service - or lack of it"
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Do the quiz:
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